Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2021-08-23
R0299/2021-3
Contested design: 000992078-0003
Outcome
The contested decision is set aside, the invalidity application is rejected, and the invalidity applicant must bear the holder's costs in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Die angefochtene Entscheidung wird aufgehoben und der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Nichtigkeitsantragstellerin trägt die der Inhaberin im Beschwerde- und im Nichtigkeitsverfahren entstandenen Kosten.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Green Label Manufacturing Europe Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
Flat/RM 1406 14F Loon Key Building, 267-275 DES VOEUX Road, Zentral Hongkong, Sonderverwaltungszone Hongkong der Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Miele & Cie. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Carl-Miele-Straße 29, 33332 Gütersloh, Deutschland
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant had obtained first-instance invalidation by arguing that a vacuum cleaner bag is a component part of a complex product and is not visible during normal use under Article 4(2) CDR.
- ›On appeal, the holder argued that vacuum cleaner bags are consumables marketed independently and are not component parts of the vacuum cleaner in the sense of the Regulation.
- ›The Board agreed with the holder, finding that vacuum cleaner bags are consumables rather than component parts of a complex product, so Article 4(2) CDR does not bar protection.
- ›The appeal was allowed, the invalidity decision was annulled, and the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberE. Fink
- Registrarp.o. M. Chaleva
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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